Polyethylene terephthalate waste recycling and application possibilities: A review

Medziagotyra

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-127

  Jankauskaite, Virginija ^a   Macijauskas, Gintaras ^b   Lygaitis, Ramunas ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^b Kaunas City Municipality   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Glycolysis; Physical and chemical reprocessing; Polyethylene terephthalate; Waste

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349523610     PISSN: 13921320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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